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Kirkburton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00275
Kirkburton Station was the terminus of the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch and opened with the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half share in the Huddersfield…
Kirkheaton Station, Nr. Huddersfield - DNT00274
Kirkheaton Station was an intermediate station on the LNWR’s Kirkburton Branch. The station opened about the same time as the Branch in 1867. The line and station closed to passenger traffic in 1930 when the LNWR’s successor, the LMS, obtained a half…
Kirkstall Station, Leeds - DNT00172
The station on the Leeds & Bradford Railway’s Aire Valley Line opened at the same time as the line in 1846 which became part of the MR network. A new station, the Leeds Platform seen here, was built when the line was quadrupled in about 1905 and the…
Kirkstall Station, Leeds - DNT00173
The firstl station was built here when the line opened in 1846 and was rebuilt, seen here looking towards Leeds, when the line was quadrupled in about 1905. The station closed in 1965.
A station at nearby Kirkstall Forge existed from 1860 to 1905…
A station at nearby Kirkstall Forge existed from 1860 to 1905…
Laisterdyke Station, Bradford - DNT00231
On the ‘short line’ between Bradford & Leeds, built by the Leeds Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway, which opened in 1854 and was operated from the start by the Great Northern Railway who subsequently acquired it. The station opened with the line…
Leeds 'Dark Arches' - DNT00141
The 'under belly' of Leeds Station in 2006. Many users of Leeds Station are unaware that it sits atop a massive Victorian complex of vaults and arches spanning the River Aire, the so called ‘Dark Arches’, reputedly comprising 18 million bricks.…
Leeds 'Dark Arches' Exterior 2006 - DNT00143
The state of the art Leeds Station sitting atop a labyrinth of Victorian vaults and arches known as the Dark Arches. The surrounding area has been further re-developed since this photo and there is now also a passenger foot access to the station…
Leeds City Centre Railway Stations 1906 - DNT00139
Extract from OS Map Yorkshire CCXVlll.NW - Revised 1906; Published 1909.
Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
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Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA)…
Leeds City Square Looking East - DNT00135
In the centre the War Memorial which was dedicated in 1922. To the left with the clock is the now demolished Royal Exchange Chambers and on the right the old Midland Railway’s Queens Hotel and to the right of that the gates into Wellington Station.…
Leeds City Square Looking West - DNT00134
On the right the imposing general Post Office building which still stands today although no longer the post Office. On the left just out of view to the front of the tram was the entrance to Wellington Station whilst looking ahead is Wellington Street…
Leeds New Station Train Shed - DNT00132
Seen here late 19th or early 20th century looking westwards with an NER train on the right. This view and the bridge across the lines remained little changed until into the second half of the 20th century. The platform numbering is not sequential.…
Leeds Station Concourse 2004 - DNT00140
The art deco concourse was built in 1938 at the same time as the adjacent Queens Hotel was rebuilt in the same style. The concourse was built to link Wellington Station, re-named City North, with New Station, re-named City South, but there remained…
Leeds Wellington Station Entrance 1926 - DNT00130
However all is not what it seems. The structure across the station entrance is a replica of the old Moot Hall and has been erected as part of the tercentenary celebrations of Leeds being granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1626. The actual…
Lightcliffe Station, Nr. Halifax - DNT00267
The station on the Halifax –Bradford line opened at the same time as the line in August 1850. The station was closed in 1965.
Lockwood Station. L&YR Huddersfield – Penistone Line - DNT00289
Lockwood was the first station out of Huddersfield on the Penistone Line and opened at the same time as the line in 1850, seen here early 20th century looking north in the Huddersfield direction. South of the station was the junction for the 31/2…
Lofthouse & Outwood Station c.1905 - DNT00155
The original station was opened by the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway in 1858, and was originally named Lofthouse. This was renamed Lofthouse and Outwood in July 1865. It closed on 13 June 1960.[1] A different Lofthouse and Outwood station,…
Longwood & Milnsbridge Station - DNT00279
Longwood & Milnsbridge Station was the first station out of Huddersfield on the LNWR’s Colne Valley to Manchester and opened in 1849 at the same time as the line. Seen her in a very unkept condition at an unknown date but prior to reducing the line…
Low Moor Station, Bradford - DNT00232
On the Halifax-Bradford line at its junction with the Spen Valley Line. The station opened in July 1848 the same time as the line between the junction and Bradford. As well as an important junction station it also served the Low Moor Ironworks which…
Manningham Station - DNT00221
The first station out of Bradford on the Midland’s line towards Shipley it was opened in 1868 and closed nearly a hundred years later in 1965.
Manningham Station and Motive Power Depot - DNT00222
The first station out of Bradford on the Midland’s line towards Shipley it was opened in 1868 and closed nearly a hundred years later in 1965. Seen here on the right is the sizeable Manningham Motive Power Depot which closed in 1967 and then…
Marsden Station, LNWR Huddersfied – Manchester Line - DNT00283
Marsden Station like other stations on the LNWR’s Huddersfield Manchester line along the Colne Valley opened with the line in 1849. It was enlarged in the mid-1890s when the line was increased from two to four tracks. It is seen here at an unknown…
Marsh Lane Station Leeds - DNT00128
The rather forlorn looking station in BR days. It is the site of the first railway station in Leeds opened by the Leeds & Selby Railway in 1834 although about a mile east of the city centre in an area described at the time as ‘one of the most…
Meltham Station. L&YR Meltham Branch - DNT00292
The station, seen here in 1910, was the terminus of the 31/2 mile Branch. The Branch opened to goods traffic in 1868 and to passengers in 1869. Passenger services were withdrawn from the Branch in 1949 and it closed fully in 1965. The site is now…
Menston Station - DNT00187
The MR’s branch from their Aire Valley line at Apperley Junction to the Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway had opened in 1865 but the station at Menston wasn’t opened until August 1875. North East of the station at Menston Junction, where there had been a…
Methley Station (MR) - DNT00154
The station seen here in in LMS days (1923-1948) opened in 1841 at the same time as the Leeds – Derby line of the North Midland Railway, later a constituent part of the MR. The station closed in 1957 having been re-named Methley North in 1950 to…